On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 27-Aug. 2: July 27: Actor John Pleshette (“Knots Landing”) is 83. Actor-director Betty Thomas (“Hill Street Blues”) is 78. Singer Maureen McGovern…
A concert in Italy by a top Russian conductor with close ties to Vladimir Putin has been cancelled after a widespread outcry. Valery Gergiev, who has repeatedly expressed support for the Russian president, had been scheduled to lead a local orchestra at a music festival on 27 July at Reggia di Caserta, a former Bourbon…
Front Burner Grok, the “anti-woke” chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI, went on racist, violent tirades just a week before the company launched its own AI “companion” characters and won a $200 million American military contract. Is AI safety being taken seriously enough? CBC News · Posted: Jul 21, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated:…
Greg Abel has a big task ahead of him — and the stock market knows it. The head of Berkshire Hathaway’s non-insurance operations will be taking over from a titan of American business when he succeeds Warren Buffett as CEO. Buffett, a legendary investor and philanthropist, has transformed Berkshire from a failing textile mill into…
Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses a potential Donald Trump-Xi Jinping meeting before or during the APEC summit, China and Vietnam holding joint military exercises and the purchase of U.S. homes by Chinese buyers. Source link
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats,…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he regrets Mark Latham ever having led the Labor Party and described the former leader’s views as “repulsive”. The comments came during a wide-ranging interview with 7.30 in which Mr Albanese spoke on his trip to China, his relationship with President Xi Jinping and whether he felt the US would…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again spotlighted the evolving capabilities of the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot. In a video that went viral across social media, the robot is shown calmly serving popcorn to a human guest. This quirky, popcorn-pouring showcase might seem lighthearted, but it marks another serious step toward Musk’s larger vision: a…
D3sign/Getty Images The wide world of imbibing is abundant with legacy liquor brands with long, rich histories and generations of devotees. It’s also speckled with spirits like Cabo Wabo. The boozy brainchild of one Samuel “Sammy” Hagar (of the Van Halen Hagars) is generally accepted to be…
President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner for Republican Senators at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2025. Photo by Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post via Getty Images The U.S. has signaled it will not let up on its Aug. 1 deadline for higher tariffs on the European Union as the bloc…